autodetection

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noun

automatic detection

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Meanings

nounautodetection (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingautomatic detection

    Thus the onset of "autodetection" leads, in the case of sequential resonance, to a negative peak of the current.

    1972, Radio Engineering and Electronic Physics, volume 17, page 1588
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    Exclude as many hardware types and items from autodetection as possible. If autodetection crashes, run Setup again and exclude more items from autodetection.

    1996, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Windows NT Server Resource Kit

    As with Red Hat Linux, networking is probably already set up on your system because of the autodetection done during installation.

    2000, Nicholas Wells, Guide to Linux Installation and Administration, volume 1, page 83

    This allowed us to engineer a network protocol for iTap that both supports autodetection and works with Windows as well as Mac OS X.

    2010, David Mark, iPhone Advanced Projects, page 275

Origin

From auto- + detection.

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APA

autodetection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodetection

MLA

“autodetection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodetection. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autodetection,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodetection.

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